Device for measuring liquids



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' Patented Aug.'-23, 19 32 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WALDEMAR BERGER, OF FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN-HOGHST, GERMANY, ASS IGNOR TO I. G.- FARIBEN'INDUSTRIE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, OF FBANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN,

GERMANY 'DEVICE FOR MEASURING LIQUlL'DS Application filed lilovember 21,-1929, Serial No. 408,869, and in Germany November 27, 1928.

The present invention relates to a device for measuring liquids. p

Devices for supplying liquids in measured quantities used for industrial purposes 10 worn, particularly if the liquid to be measured attacks the material. The moving parts are then no longer tight and llquid escapes through the stufiing box. Should the device become clogged, the dismounting and cleanin of the parts causes much trouble, to whic is added, in case of caustic liquids, much inconvenience to the workmen.

It is an object of this invention to rovide a measuring device which does not come to leaky by wear of the parts. Another object is to facilitate the dismounting of the arts. P With these objects in view the measuring chamber is comprised in a slide that has a :5, reciprocating'movement on a plane surface in which are the orifices of the admission and discharged pipes; these fill and empty the chamber durin its motion. The slide rests freely on the p ane so that the wear due :10 to its movement does not give rise to leakage, since the, tightness to liquid is due solely to the accuracy of contact between the surface of the slide and that of' the plane, and this is not affected by the wear. For :43 moving the slide it may rest within a frame connected with a driving crank or the like. The speed of reciprocation may be varied to determine the quantity of liquid delivered in unit time. The operation of dismounting to the parts resolves itself into lifting the slide from the plane.

The accompanying drawing represents a longitudinal section through a measuring devlce which illustrates the invention.

- A is the measuring chamber having approximately the capacity which corresponds with. the required efficiency. B is the support of the measuring chamber and has the plane surface B on which the measuring chamber slides. C is the inlet pipe through which the liquid coming from the reservoir may run into the measuring chamber. D is the outlet pipe through which the measured liquid runs away. E is a frame within-which the measuring chamber rests and which is coupled by a guide rod F with the connecting rod G of the crank shaft H. This shaft can be driven for instance through a pair of conical belt pulleys, at various numbers of revolutions so as to adjust the quantity of liquid delivered at each revolution.

- The reservoir containing the liquid to be measured is connected with the branch C. When the measuring chamber is caused to slide over the orifice which corresponds with the branch C, the chamber is charged with a. certain quantity of liquid. The measuring chamber is then caused to move over the orifice of the branch D where the liquid flows into a suitable receiver connected with this branch.

I claim: v

1. A device for measuring liquids compris-- ing a. slide having a plane surface, and supporting said slide a base having a plane surface on which the plane surface of said slide rests freely, a measuring chamber within the slide provided with an opening for filling and discharging said chamber, meansfor causing the slide to reciprocate on the plane surface of the supporting base, and an admission orifice and a discharge orifice in the base adapted respectively to register with the chamber during alternate reciprocations of the slide.

2. A device for measuring liquids comprising a slide having a plane surface, and supporting said slide a base having a plane surface on which the plane surface of said slide nests freely, a measuring chamber within the 90 slide provided with an opening for filling and 

